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Wed, Oct 9, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

New Jersey Devils 0, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0100708025
PHI06115313434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 9:52PHIIvan ProvorovPPGWGAssists: Matt Niskanen, Travis Konecny · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:33PHIKevin HayesPPAssists: Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:57PHISean CouturierAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Ivan Provorov · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:46PHITravis KonecnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:29NJDMiles Wood: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 7:59NJDNikita Gusev: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:45PHIKevin Hayes: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 13:33PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:29PHISean Couturier: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 17:29PHIKevin Hayes: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  7. P3 0:20NJDSami Vatanen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:09NJDBlake Coleman: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 16:35PHIShayne Gostisbehere: Slashing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDPHI
25Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals4.0
43Shot attempts64
29Faceoffs won41
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits19
16Blocked shots10
14Giveaways7
3Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Coleman – Hughes8:33

    xG 0.39–0.11 (79%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Zajac – Palmieri – Bratt8:47

    xG 0.12–0.10 (54%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Hayden – Wood – Rooney8:02

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Gusev – Hischier11:13

    xG 0.19–1.38 (12%)attempts 5–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Severson2:39

    xG 0.46–0.12 (79%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Subban – Butcher2:42

    xG 0.07–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Severson10:06

    xG 0.12–0.19 (38%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Lindblom – Konecny10:38

    xG 1.32–0.07 (95%)attempts 17–2goals 2–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Hayes10:47

    xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Raffl – Bunnaman5:11

    xG 0.10–0.02 (85%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Twarynski8:56

    xG 0.25–0.31 (44%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Provorov13:58

    xG 1.13–0.61 (65%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Hagg11:41

    xG 0.34–0.09 (80%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Sanheim12:01

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

PHI 4.0 xGNJD 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHINJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1006 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsNJD wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − NJD), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).